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History Glossary

Colonel Richard Brown

Person

A Cherokee colonel who, after the Creek War of 1812, established a series of settlements in the valley that came to bear his name. In 1818, he traveled to Washington to propose ceding the territory, but died at Rogersville before the treaty could be ratified.

Appears in: Brown’s Valley and the Death of Stooka.

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